New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday slated for April 13 hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking immediate direction for the payment of basic minimum wages to migrant workers, adversely affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) has been shut down after 18 healthcare workers here were tested positive for COVID-19. Hospital authorities are making arrangements for 19 admitted cancer patients to shift them to another private hospital.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Meghalaya Cabinet on Monday decided that all government offices will start functioning with full staff strength from April 15. However, academic institutions will remain closed until the end of this month.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday announced that she will be part of an upcoming virtual benefit concert - 'One World: Together At Home' - in a view to honour healthcare and front line essential community workers.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 7 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday saluted all the medical staff for treating COVID-19 patients and said they are putting their lives at risk to treat others.
Quetta [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Across the world health care workers are first responders and frontline warriors in the battle against COVID-19, however in Pakistan, it is a different story altogether.
Chandigarh [India], April 7 (ANI): Yash, a COVID-19 positive patient, who has been cured and discharged from the hospital after he recovered on Monday, has expressed gratitude to healthcare workers and essential service providers, who are serving amid the nationwide lockdown.
California [USA], April 6 (ANI): Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company has sourced face masks through its supply chain, which will be provided to frontline respondents to COVID-19 crisis.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 6 (ANI): The state's Labour Department in consultation with the District Magistrate of Lucknow has directed that workers/employees engaged in shops/commercial institutions/factories/private enterprises should get their salary for March by April 7.
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr 6 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) including daily wagers, factory workers and labourers are stuck in the Karachi city of Pakistan's Sindh province due to Coronavirus lock-down.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Over 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat workers and their contacts have been quarantined across the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday.
Singapore, Apr 6 (ANI): In yet another far-reaching decision, the Singapore government has decided to pay up to 75 per cent of the wages of all Singaporeans and permanent resident workers for the month of April due to economic devastation caused by COVID-19.